Food History & Recipes

My upcoming food history project, The Antiquarian Spoon, focuses on stories shared through cooking.

Food History Posts

Salem and Colonial Massachusetts

Cooking in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Food in Colonial Massachusetts

Historical Salem Recipe: Indian Pudding

Pioneers and the Oregon Trail

Churning Butter on the Oregon Trail

An Oregon Trail Recipe: Johnnycakes

Victorian England

Mrs. Beeton’s Recipes for a Perfectly Proper Christmas

Biblical Jerusalem

What Did They Eat In Biblical Jerusalem?